Canada holds trilateral meeting with China and European Union to promote global climate change leadership

Minister McKenna posing with her Chinese and European counterparts at climate talks in Berlin. (CNW Group/Environment and Climate Change Canada)

BERLIN, Germany, May 23, 2017 /CNW/ - Today at international climate talks in Berlin, Minister McKenna hosted a trilateral meeting with her counterparts from the European Union and China to advance ambitious climate action.

The three agreed to co-host a ministerial meeting in September to move forward the Paris Agreement.

Attendees at the meeting included:

• Xie Zhenhua, Chinese Special Envoy for Climate Change
• Miguel Arias Cañete, Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, European Commission

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